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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 1,1996 PSA#1542Defense Nuclear Agency, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310-3398 A -- CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC FOR PLASMA RADIATION SOURCES SOL
DNA001-96-R-0014 POC Damon Q. McClure, Negotiator, (703) 325-1198,
Daniel R. Gonzales, Contracting Officer, (703) 325-6684. This
solicitation was synopsized in the CBD on 01 Feb 1996. Contract award
will be in accordance with DFARS Subpart 235.70, Research and
Development Streamlined Contracting Procedures. A FORMAL WRITTEN
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation does
NOT include a supplemental package. In case it may later be found
necessary for the Contracting Officer to issue an amendment, offerors
must provide written address information now to the contract
negotiator, Damon Q. McClure at FAX (703) 325-9294. Note: If your
company has provided address information in response to the synopsis,
a second submission is NOT necessary. All of the mandatory terms,
clauses, and provisions in DFARS 235.7006, Research and Development
Streamlined Contracting Format, and the following optional items are
incorporated by reference (*Denotes that clause will be incorporated at
the time of award if appropriate): B.3, B.6, C.2, E.3, F.1, G.1, G.2,
H.3, I.43, I.51, I.53, I.60, I.64, I.68, I.75, I.78, I.82, I.84, I.87,
I.89, I.96, I.107, I.127, I.129, I.153, I.154, I.155, I.156, I.159,
J.1, and M.2. The applicable clauses and provisions are those in effect
through FAC 90-35 and DAC 91-8. Evaluation factors at Section M of this
subpart is hereby modified. Section (A) Technical applies as follows:
TECHNICAL APPROACH - The contractor shall demonstrate that the
technical approach selected is capable of meeting the specifications in
the statement of work by providing adequate evidence and documentation
to support the claimed performance of the diagnostic. This
documentation must support performance at currents, voltages, and power
levels cited in the statement of work. In addition, the contractor
shall provide compelling arguments to show that all parts of the
diagnostic either survive a test or are so inexpensive that parts can
be replaced as needed without significant impact on facility
operations. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE - The contractor shall demonstrate
relevant diagnostic experience performing tests on terawatt-class
pulsed power radiation effects simulators. This shall be accomplished
by citing previous contracts under which this work was performed.
Included shall be contract number with administrative and technical
points of contract under which the previous diagnostic work was
performed. QUALIFICATIONS of PERSONNEL - The contractor shall
demonstrate the qualifications of key personnel in the areas of pulsed
power technology, radiation simulation, nuclear weapons effects
simulation and plasma physics. The contractor shall also demonstrate
the availability of these key personnel by citing present and projected
workloads of the identified personnel. MANAGEMENT - The contractor
shall demonstrate an ability to manage contracts in terms of cost,
schedule, and technical performance in the last five years by citing
contract number and administrative and technical points of contact. The
contractor shall provide organizational and work breakdown structures
for the proposed effort. In addition, the contractor shall identify
problems and solutions which aided in maintaining program integrity in
terms of cost and schedule on cited contracts. Cost will not be a
weighted factor and contract award will be based on Best Value
analysis. Deliverables will include the following: 1) Monthly Progress
Reports, 2 copies (1 DNA/AM, 1PM), due 45 days after contract award
(DAC); 2.) Draft Final Report w/SF 298, 8 copies (6 DNA/ISST, 1 DNA/AM,
1 PM), due 32 months after contract award (MAC); 3.) Camera-Ready Copy
of Final Report w/SF 298, 4 copies (1 DNA/AM, 3 PM), due 35 MAC; 4.)
R&D Status Report, 11 copies (7 DNA/ISST 2 DNA/AM, 2 PM), due 13 MAC;
5.) Design Review, 2 copies (1 DNA/AM, 1 PM), due as required; 6.) Test
Plan, 2 copies (2 PM), due as required; 7.) Operation and Maintenance
Manual, 3 copies (1 DNA/AM, 2 PM), due 31 MAC. A cost plus fixed fee
contract is contemplated. Period of performance is estimated to be
thirty-five (35) months including the final report. This procurement is
a small business set-aside. See Note 1. Technical and cost proposals
are due at DNA/AMD, Attn: Damon Q. McClure, no later then 1600 hours
local time, on 22 Mar 96. All questions concerning this solicitation
must be submitted in writing not later than 6 Mar 96. Five copies and
one original of the technical and cost proposals must be provided. The
technical proposal is limited to 40 pages; the cost proposal to 50
pages. Multiple awards are not contemplated. The Contracting Officer is
Daniel R. Gonzales, 6801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22310, (703)
325-6684. Contractor personnel will not require a DoD security
clearance. The Statement of Work (SOW) is as follows: 1.1 BACKGROUND:
The Defense Nuclear Agency maintains and operates nuclear weapons
effects simulators for the Services. There are currently shortfalls in
diagnostic capabilities for the terawatt-class of pulsed power
simulators which are used for x-and gamma-ray radiation effects
testing. These shortfalls fall into two critical areas: 1.) diagnostics
needed by system developers and validators to determine the radiation
field at their test object generated by the source; and, 2.)
diagnostics needed by the radiation source developers in order to
develop, and understand and optimize the source for the user needs. In
many cases, there is an overlap of the utility of diagnostics for
these separate uses. In the former category, the needs are for
accurate, inexpensive-to-operate, fast-turnaround diagnostics which may
be used at DNA simulator facilities in order to support user tests. In
the latter category, there is also a well-defined range of needs which
revolve around obtaining information about the radiation sources for
which there is presently no reliable measurement capability. 1.2
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this effort are to develop and acquire
diagnostics for characterization of the radiation field and for the
development of radiation sources at DNA terawatt-class nuclear weapons
effects simulators. 3.0 REQUIREMENTS: The contractor shall undertake
the following task: 3.1 Task 1 - Current Diagnostic for Plasma
Radiation Sources. The contractor shall design and implement a
diagnostic capable of measuring the current flow through a plasma
radiation source x-ray load on a terawatt-class simulator. Currents at
these facilities vary up to 8 MA maximum current flowing through a
dense (~mm radius, ~1021 electorns per cc) plasma channel. A temporally
(1 nsec or less desired) and spatially (1 mm or less desired) resolved
measurement is required. The diagnostic shall be nonintrusive; i.e.,
shall not affect the quantity it is measuring, and shall be compatible
with the testing environment. In addition, the diagnostic shall be
independently calibrated prior to testing on the terawatt-class
machine. If it can not be independently calibrated, the contractor
shall provide a from-first-principles analysis which demonstrates the
calibration of the diagnostic. The contractor shall prepare a test plan
prior to fielding this diagnostic on a test at a DNA terawatt-class
plasma radiation source x-ray facility to demonstrate its utility. Up
to three weeks GFE machine time at such a facility will be provided. At
the conclusion of testing, the contractor shall prepare an Operations
and Maintenance manual for the diagnostic, and the contractor shall
provide all the equipment as well as the spares required for one year's
operation of the diagnostic at the specified facility. For information,
contact Damon Q. McClure at (703) 325-1198. Information on DNA
solicitations, already released, can be obtained by calling the DNA
Hotline at (703) 325-1173. Reference Synopsis No. 96-29 (0059) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0010 19960229\A-0010.SOL)
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